OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-TUESDAY-26/04/2016-KNOW YOUR ENEMY I-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
KNOW YOUR ENEMY I
Memorise
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent
thou not. Proverbs 1:10
Read
Genesis 3:1-5,
1Now the serpent was more
subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord
God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, ye shall
not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And
the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
garden:
3 But
of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, ye
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And
the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die:
5 For
God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,
and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
KJV
MESSAGE
One of the earliest weapons of the devil against both
the spiritual and physical well-being of man is enticement. He has from time
immemorial, been successfully using this weapon against humanity. The first
time He used it was in the Garden of Eden.
“And the serpent said unto the woman, ye
shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then
your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:4-6a
As a
matter of fact, the fruit was not better looking than other fruits of the
garden, but the mental picture that the devil painted about it suggested to the
woman that the fruit was better than the ones God had generously given them to
eat. Today, there are many good things of life that God has provided for
humanity and His children in particular, but the enticement of the enemy has
robbed many people of the joy and contentment in God’s benevolence. For
example; if a man goes about chasing a woman who is not his wife, he is deluded
and enticed to think that the strange woman possesses something that his wife does
not have. It is the lie of the devil when you think that a second marriage will
give you the joy that you did not have in the first. Read this confession of
the first polygamist in history:
“And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name
of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah… And Lamech said unto his
wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my
speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.”
Genesis 4:19, 23
Through we may not have the full details of
Lamech’s lamentation in this passage, the fact remains that an increase in the
number of his wives did not spare him from the agony that instigated this
lament.
Beloved, in what areas have you been
deceived through the enticement of the devil? I pray that the enticement will
loosen its grip over you from today in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, when sinners come around to entice me, may I not consent in
Jesus’ name.
1st
Kings 4-6, Proverbs 15:25-16:5
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